Support Group Library
The Support Group Library includes books and pamphlets with information about Parkinson’s Disease as well as related topics such as caregiver support, dementia and brain health, exercise, and more. These materials are available for check out in Green Valley (AZ) and the surrounding area. Donations of recent materials are always welcome, although additions must be approved by our librarian.
Available Library Materials (Booklets)
Aquatic Exercise
Be Active!
Getting from insight to action
Managing Parkinson’s Disease
Moving Forward
The Consumer’s Guide to Herbal Medicine by Steven B. Karch
Available Library Materials (CD Sets/DVD)
Aging Backwards (DVD)
Always Looking Up (CD Set)
Body Conditioning & Core Strength (DVD)
Brain Secrets (DVD)
Diagnose Parkinson's Disease: You Are Not Alone (DVD)
Mindfulness Techniques PBS (DVD)
Parkinson's Disease & the Art of Moving (DVD)
Parkinson's Exercise Essentials (DVD)
Parkinson's Support Group of Green Valley Exercise Class (DVD)
Parkinson's Expert Briefings (DVD)
Sit and Be Fit (DVD)
STEP into…Movement & Flexibility (DVD)
Tai Chi for Energy and Renewal (DVD)
Tai Chi Gentle, Sitting (DVD)
Available Library Materials (Books)
Brain Storms by Jon Palfreman
Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain (How to Die Smiling Book 1) by Jarem Sawatsky
Delay the Disease: Exercise and Parkinson's Disease by David Zid
Every Victory Counts (The Davis Phinney Foundation)
How to be a Resilient Caregiver (Rev 2014) by Carroll Morris, et al
How to be a Resilient Caregiver (Rev 2018) by Carroll Morris, et al
My Mommy has PD... But It's Okay! by Susan Reese
Pain Erasure: The Bonnie Pruden Way by Bonnie Prudden
Parkinson's Disease by
Parkinson’s Disease for Dummies by Tagliati, et al
Parkinson's Disease and the Art of Moving by John Argue
The Peripatetic Pursuit of Parkinson Disease by The Parkinsons Creative Collective, Lindy Ashford, et al.
Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life by Michael Merzenich
The Brain Training Revolution by
The Parkinson’s Playbook by Robert Smith
The Stranger Comes at Sundown: Living and Dying with Parkinson's Disease by Young Parkinson's Handbook - A Guide for Patients and Their Families by Edited by Arlette Johnson
Online Educational Materials
Research
Parkinson's disease Is also present in the blood (Neuroscience News (2019))
The gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s disease (Journal of Parkinson's Disease) (2019)
Finance
We understand that Parkinson’s Disease treatments are a financial burden (Parkinson's Community)
Guides & Kits
Guide for Navigating Parkinson's--360 Tool Kit (Michael J. Fox Foundation, 2016)
Parkinson's Disease: What you need to know if you are hospitalized (2020)
Parkinson's Hospital Kit (Parkinson's Foundation)
Speech and Swallowing, a Body Guide to Parkinson's Disease (Parkinson's Foundation, 2019)
Speech and Swallowing
"Eating, Swallowing and Saliva Control in Parkinson's"(Parkinson's UK, 2013)
Speech and communication problems in Parkinson's (Parkinson's UK, 2019)
Speech and language therapy and Parkinson's (Parkinson's UK, 2013)
What is Dysphagic? (American Parkinson's Disease Association, 2011)
Speech and Swallowing, a Body Guide to Parkinson's Disease (Parkinson's Foundation, 2019)
Parkinson's Support Group of Green Valley
PO Box 714
Green Valley, AZ 85622
520.372.2368
supportgroup@gvparkinsons.org